In Calgary, the Flames got a big win to keep pace in the Western Conference playoff race in a 3-2 decision over the Arizona Coyotes.
Cam Talbot made 32 saves for the win.
Johnny Gaudreau scored for the Flames – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
“Every game right now has to be a playoff-type atmosphere,” Talbot said. “All these games, they’re going to make or break our season right now. To be able to close these gaps and push the other teams further down behind us is obviously huge.”
Taylor Hall and Carl Soderberg scored for the Coyotes.
“You can’t go on skids,” Hall said. “That’s the biggest thing is, you lose one, you have to get back on the horse and find a way to get a point or two in the next game, especially when you’re on the road. We know the focus that we have to have. We’re comfortable here. We’re in games. If we can find a way to get on a streak, more than two games in a row, we’re going to be set.”
Johnny Gaudreau, TJ Brodie and Mikael Backlund responded to Hall’s opening goal for a 3-1 Flames lead.
“They didn’t have a lead for too, too long,” Gaudreau said. “We battled back. The power play was huge tonight. It tied the game up and kind of took off from there.”
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Darcy Kuemper made 31 saves in the loss.
“We were playing the right way, I felt like, in the second, most of the second,” the Coyotes’ Oliver Ekman-Larsson said. “That’s how we got back in the game. The first, when we came out, we looked a little bit slow and didn’t play the right way, and that’s where we get behind.”
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